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Stono Rebellion
- It was the largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies *led by native Africans who were likely from the Central African Kingdom of Kongo.
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Sons of Liberty
*A group of political dissidents formed in the North American British colonies fighting to protect their rights of the colonist and to fight against taxation.*Founded by Samuel Adams and John Hancock -
Shay's Rebellion
Lead by Daniel Shay Was a protest against unjust economic policies and political corruption* Calling for a more stronger government. -
Republican Motherhood
*women who ran households in the absence of men becoming more assertive -
Frederick Douglass
*One of the most important African American leaders of the 19th century *An abolitionist, writer and orator -
Temperance Movement
*Abstinence in the use of intoxicating liquor
*Labor Laws, Prison Reform, and Suffrage -
Jacksonian Democracy
*was a 19th-century political philosophy in the United States that espoused greater democracy for the common man*Was a democratic movement dedicated to powerful, at times radical, equal ideals. -
Grimke Sisters
*Activists for abolition and women rights -
Fugitive Slave Laws
*Runaway slaves that were captured needed to be returned back to their owners -
Current Event
Common Man: Basically lower, middle class and withheld them from their economic rights and justice.
Women rights: Eqaulity of wage gap between men and women
African Americans: There were a lot of leaders that would stand up and fight for what they believe in like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr
